When 51-year-old Willie King went into surgery to have his diseased right leg amputated, he woke up to a nightmare — the wrong leg was gone. In this episode, Andrea and Crystal unravel one of the most infamous medical mistakes in U.S. history, tracing the cascade of communication failures that led to it and the lasting reforms it inspired.

From the chilling moment King said, “Doctor, that’s the wrong leg,” to the broader questions of trust, accountability, and system failure in medicine — this is a story of error, ethics, and the human cost of getting it wrong.